Re: problems making own boot-floppies for MegaRAID
On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 02:09:34AM +0000, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> I need to make my own boot-floppies to install Debian on a new Dell
> Poweredge server. I need MegaRAID support (dropped in the latest
> 'compact' images) and appletalk networking.
>
> I read the boot-floppies documentation linked through the install
> manual. It suggests replacing the 'linux' file on the boot floppy with
> the newly compiled one and running a script included on the floppy.
>
> Problems:
> 1) My kernel is 1.5M, larger than a floppy! Won't this be a problem?
> 2) Can I somehow mount the boot disk image without putting it on a
> floppy and mounting that, to do the kernel image swap? (I'm trying
> to do as much of this as possible away from the office, sshing in!).
> 3) Although I've installed the boot-floppies package (and deps) on my
> potato server, I can't find the promised docs.
In the link in my sig, you'll find instructions for kernel compiling
in the last chapter, 'Post Install' But there are about 5 forward
references from other sections to that one.
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